Kvetch que c'est? : the origins of Yiddish --
Six feet under, baking bagels : Yiddish in action --
Something else to kvetch about : Yiddish dialects --
Pigs, poultry, and Pampers : the religions roots of Yiddish --
Discouraging words : Yiddish and the forces of darkness --
You should grow like an onion : the Yiddish curse --
If it wasn't for bad luck : mazl, misery, and money --
"Bupkes means a lot of nothing" : Yiddish and nature --
Making a tsimmes : food, kosher and treyf --
A slap in the tukhes and hello : Yiddish life from birth --
Bar mitzvah --
More difficult than splitting the Red Sea : courtship and marriage --
Too good for the goyim : sex in Yiddish --
It should happen to you : death in Yiddish --
Glossary.